The league average is set at zero, so anything above this is considered above average.
For almost all of the past seven years interest rates in Japan have been set at zero.
Only electric vehicles are capable of meeting a "zero-emission" standard set by California, New York and Massachusetts.
New York police officer David Brink donated a suitcase full of things to the museum, including a pair of gloves he picked up in a hospitality tent set up at ground zero.
Keen to keep Malaysia competitive, the prime minister has recently declared war on costs and set a target of zero inflation, though the current 3.5% rate is already the envy of other countries.
In our emerging G-Zero world, with no single power able to set the agenda, the winners and losers of the next generation will be determined not by the rubrics of the moment but by how well and often they are able to pivot.
They are the ones who borrowed extravagantly with the pretense that good intentions trumped fiscal responsibility, who set the rules that require banks to hold zero capital against government debt, and who permitted the European Central Bank to buy billions of euros of that debt from banks.
Another eurozone heavyweight economy, France, is also set for contraction, following three consecutive quarters of zero growth.
The former Scotland Yard borough commander said his plan set no numerical targets but was based on "the simple principle of zero-tolerance".
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There is no one at Ground Zero properly equipped or authorized to deal with a coordinated, conceptual rebuilding, to set the right priorities and make the right decisions.
The International Air Transport Association ( IATA) last year set itself a long-term, yet ambitious, goal to build a zero emissions aircraft in the next 50 years.
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, set up an ambitious programme in 2005 with the long-term aim of becoming a zero-waste, renewably powered enterprise.
Research by the International Monetary Fund suggests that, if average inflation targets are set below 2%, then there is a marked increase in the risk that interest rates will hit zero and that deflation may occur.
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